Gold A Netball - James Hargest College

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Gold A Netball

18 October 2019

B Grade SISS Competition Winners!

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Hemi Hakena - Senior Kapa Haka Break-upThe senior campus Kapa Haka celebrated a very successful year with a break-up at Camp Omaui on the 20/21 September.We were blessed with a wonderful presentation from Dr Nichola Voice on Taonga puoro-Māori musical instruments.The celebration was full of laughter, way too much kai, fireside waiata, kaimoana collecting and lots of whanau time.We had the opportunity to present Matua and Pa with two beautiful kahu huruhuru.Thank you to all whanau who have been amazing in their support of their rangatahi this year, senior management, our tutors and our wonderful rangatahi.Ngā mihi nui

Principal’s Comment

Whanau Report

Andy WoodPrincipal

The decision to stand down as principal was not an easy one. Leading a school such as James Hargest College is a privilege and an honour, and likely to be the pinnacle of anyone’s leadership career. I have enjoyed this position immensely, and given my best to a school I have loved for well over 30 years. When the conviction comes that it is time to move over and let someone else bring fresh eyes and ideas, it is not an easy thing to deal with.

I hope to continue my contribution to public education, and to school leadership in particular, in other ways for a number of years yet. I am proud to be a public servant, and to be associated with delivering the highest possible quality of schooling in the public system.

I will have been in teaching for 42 years, and principal of Hargest for 10 years. In that time I have seen many changes. Something that has not changed is the potential power of the

mentoring relationship between a student and a teacher; the opportunity to invest faith, hope, expectation, skill, and useful feedforward into a young person’s life. Even the opportunity just to invest a warm smile is valuable. The relational aspect of life at school will never change and remains at the heart of a teacher’s sense of vocation.

There is plenty of water to pass under the bridge before I leave, at the end of Term 1 next year. The school has enormous depth of teaching and leadership capability within its staff, and I have a high level of confidence our Board will make a wise appointment. Meantime, it is “business as usual” here at Hargest.

Nga mihi nui

Andy WoodPrincipal

Matua Neitana Tane and Pā Greg Houkamau wearing their newly presented kahu huruhuru at camp Omaui.”

Enrolments for 2020 are very strong, and we are humbled by the confidence shown by the community in James Hargest College.

Hargest is not eligble for the Government’s new $150 payment per student in lieu of parent fees and donations. The scheme is attracting significant pushback as schools point out to the Government that the “Operations Grant” is woefully inadequate for the provision of everything expected of schools, and $150 simply doesn’t “cut the mustard”. The BOT will be watching this space closely.

Our Principal, Andy Wood, advised the Board well before our public announcement of his retirement late last term. The position of Principal is currently being advertised, with the Board hoping to announce a new appointee by the end of the year. We regard this as the most important decision we will ever make!

Kia ora Koutou

Chris O’Connor BOT Chairperson

Chris O’ConnorBOT Chairperson

From the Boardroom

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Staff Welcome

Staff Farewell

Jocѐe Vergoz Halfway through Term 3 Jocѐe Vergoz joined our Junior Campus team. Jocѐe was brought up in New Caledonia and is a fluent French speaker. She comes to us from teaching at Fraser High School in Hamilton and is working in Room 9 now that Hinea Harris is staying home to look after her new baby. Welcome to James Hargest College Jocѐe.

Lisa Tou (McNaughton) Lisa Tou is leaving James Hargest College to take up a new position as Regional Manager of the Southland/ Otago Tupu Aotearoa area for the Ministry of Pacific Peoples. Lisa has worked at James Hargest College for fifteen years, teaching our GATE students, working to extend and enrich their experiences. She has had considerable involvement in many aspects of our school life; productions, supporting the senior Kapa Haka roopu and senior Pasifika group, a

Rhiane CoplandIt was with considerable sadness that we farewelled Rhiane Copland who has been a full time English teacher at Hargest for four years. Rhiane taught every level, from Year 9 to Year 13 .He is a highly respected teacher and role model to all students on and off the rugby field. Rhiane loved literature and the language of his subject and this led to very successful classrooms. His colleagues

member of Te Komiti, and assisting with the Under 15 girls’ rugby. Some of these; such as the rugby, Kapa Haka and Heilala o Saute, Lisa fully intends continuing with.We thank Lisa for all she has done for our students over the years and wish her all the best in her exciting new role.

in the English Department will miss the endless discussions on the content and pedagogy of teaching. Rhiane is held in high esteem for his teaching and his involvement with rugby as a manager and coach. Rhiane is returning to Clinton to assist with the family agricultural business. We wish him well and hope that if he returns to teaching, he will choose Hargest.

Thanks to all families, neighbours, businesses, friends and whanau who supported our Year 9 and 10 Work Day.

Your donations have made a significant contribution to our special projects for 2019.

A covered area at the front of the school.Any money not yet returned to school should be

presented to the main office.

Year 9 and Work Day

The Blake Young Leader Award is presented every year to students all around the country who show great leadership in making a positive change towards a better future for our communities and our planet earth.

Sir Peter Blake is one of New Zealand’s greatest heroes. He was a world- famous sailor, adventurer and environmentalist who never gave up on his dreams. He sailed in five round-the-world yacht races and kept trying until he finally won it on his fifth try – taking him 17 years! He also won the Americas Cup for New Zealand – twice!

Sir Peter Blake couldn’t have done these things if he didn’t believe in himself. His style of leadership was to build a great team and empower them to be strong individually, but to work together to succeed. He is a great example of leadership, and how, through hard work and self-belief, you can achieve your dreams.

Devon Pirini was awarded the Blake Leader Award at James Hargest Junior because he displays great leadership qualities that Sir Peter himself would have recognised.

Devon is a positive role model. He is consistently caring, kind and respectful. He makes strong decisions to do the right thing regardless of peer pressure or social standing. Devon is willing to take on extra responsibilities and is respected and liked by his peers and teachers alike. He takes on leadership within sport and gives back to his sport through refereeing. Devon conducts himself with a high degree of integrity and upholds the integrity of others at all times. He carries a lot of mana and is

Blake Young Leader AwardJunior Campus

highly regarded within the entire school community. Devon is integral in team building and works tirelessly at motivating others, leading by example and living by the values his whanau have raised him with. He is a mature, outgoing and level headed young person who takes everything in his stride and is humble about the positive impact he has on others. Devon naturally possesses leadership skills and qualities that holds him in good stead for being a fine recipient of the Blake Young Leader award. Congratulations Devon!

Thank you to Kate van der Weert from Westpac for presenting Devon with his award at assembly.

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SMAC Maths

Congratulations to all the teams that competed in the SMAC Math Competition on Wednesday 25 September. We had some great results:Year 7 - 2ndYear 8 - 1st, 2nd, 3rd

Year 9 -1st, 3rdYear 10- 1st , 2nd

Year 8 winning team of Samuel Collins, Ron Geilik, James Dyer and Robert Kidd

Grand PriorSt John Youth

Jorja Glassey was awarded her Grand Prior in Dunedin on the 14th September 2019. The Grand Prior is the award that takes many years to achieve in St John Youth of which Jorja has been a member since she was 8 years old in the Motupohue St John Youth Division in Bluff that was started in 2012.Through the years Jorja has given over 600 hours to the Bluff Community as a volunteer. Jorja is striving for 1000 even though she has received her award already.Jorja wore a Korowai that was jointly designed by myself and Helen Wilson taking several months to construct and complete.The Governor General Dame Patsy Reddy was suitably impressed with not only Jorja’s Korowai but also that of her team mates who were also awarded their Grand Prior’s from Bluff.

Board of TrusteesStudent Representative

Congratulations to Donald McIntosh who was voted incoming Student Representative on the Board of Trustees for the next 12 months

Youthmark Awards

2019

The 2019 Youthmark Awards are being held on

Wednesday 30 October at 7.00pm in the

Waiau Room at the Ascot Park Hotel

Track CyclingNZ Team - Oceania Champs

Conor Shearing has been named in the Cycling NZ Elite develpment team to compete at the 2020 Oceania Track Cycling Champs, which are to be held in Invercargill 16th-19th October this year. His U19 age group doesn’t end until 31st December 2019 but as it’s next years competition he qualifies. Conor will be the youngest and will only turn 18 on the last day of competition. Incredibly well done well to make it into the Elite ranks!

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Results HETTANZ Southland Fashion, Design and Craft Awards 2019

YEAR 7 CRAFT SECTION 1st Cameron Fraser 2nd Flynn Russell 3rd Anika Cruickshank

YEAR 8 CRAFT SECTION 1st Bailey Reader 2nd Harshitha Yogeswaran 3rd Maya Oppikofer

YEAR 9 GARMENT SECTION 2nd Jack McPhee

HETTANZ Fashion Awards Southland

YEAR 10 GARMENT SECTION 1st Ezri Dalgity 2nd Lucy Dow Highly Commended Nicole Lina

NCEA Level 1 GARMENT SECTION Highly commended Danielle Brownlie

NCEA Level 2 GARMENT SECTION 3rd Victoria Bradney

NCEA Level 3 GARMENT SECTION 1st Alex-Zaria Laurie

YOUNG DESIGNER SECTION 2nd Jeromy Tiatia

Service AwardsJunior Campus

Values AwardsJunior Campus

Congratulations to the following students who have received Service Awards: Road Patrol Dominic Donghi, Britt Elsey, Sam Elder, Mary Zhang, Allan Raymond, Caleb Moss and Riley McCallum.

Congratulations to the following students who have received Values Awards: Hamish Wallace, Dom Hodkinson-Harris, Sarah Hay, Jayden Turnbull, Mary Zhang, Liam Alcock, Samuel Collins, Anya Phillips and Laila Wilson.

EXCELLENCE AWARD for best entry in the garment sections Ezri Dalgity Year 10

SUPREME WINNER Ezri Dalgity Year 10

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NZAS Southland Science and Technology Fair 2019

Above: Science Fair Major Award winners, from left to right: Pearl Bir (SGHS), Luke Moss, Lucy Cooper, Stewart Hamilton, Tiwai Point General Manager, Ezri Dalgity, Max Russell, Millie Scott (Limehills School) and Robert Beck

A very large contingent of budding young scientists represented the College at the Southland Science and Technology Fair held at the Invercargill Workingmen’s Club from Tuesday 17th – Friday 20th September. The standard at the fair was really high and we are delighted with the large numbers of projects that won awards. Students from Hargest won all but one of the major award categories at this year’s fair and lots more exhibitor’s won special prizes and commendations as listed below. Congratulations to all exhibitors at the NZAS Southland Science and Technology Fair this is the best performance for our school in recent times.

Overall Winners Light up your Wave? - NZAS Premier Technology Award Ezri Dalgity

Titi Puku Plastic - NZAS Premier Science Award Lucy Cooper, Luke Moss

Major Awards - Hands on Science AwardHot or Not University of Otago Hands On Science Max Russell

Gold Award & NZAS Excellence in TechnologyFlip n Dry Bench Seat Year 7 & 8 Libby Crawford

Gold Award & NZAS Excellence in ScienceTiti Puku Plastic Year 7 & 8 Lucy Cooper, Luke Moss

Gold Award & NZAS Excellence in Technology Year 9 & 10Light up your Wave? Year 9 & 10 Ezri Dalgity

Gold Award & NZAS Excellence in Science Year 9 & 10Hot or Not Year 9 & 10 Max Russell

Gold Award & NZAS Excellence in Technology Year 11 - 13Powering Minds Year 11 - 13 Robert Beck

Above: Flip n Dry Bench Seat by Libby Crawford

Above: Wiping One Germ at a Time with Hannah Dummigan

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Below: Lucy Cooper and Luke Moss with Titi Puku Plastic

Science and Technology awards GoldBounce Halle FahertyPowerful Rain Max SmithCoanda Effect Lachlan McCorkindale Liam Cruickshank

Science and Technology awards SilverKeep it Kute Skirt Brianna Loan Bag Check Mackenzie Robertson, Alice McIntoshFiltration Frustration Chloe HudsonSome Like it Hot Charly Faherty Science and Technology awards Bronze Cost Vs Performance Ronan Shearing Which Butter Made the Grade Rebecca Kingma, Millie McKenzieGoo be Gone Kate Wallace, Natasha RainBattery Testing Jacob BricknellDisc Advantage of Plastics Ethyn Middlemiss, Ryley CoatsworthDoes an Old Brain Work as Well Joshua McNaughton, as a Young One? Jackson FaithfullTo be Raw or Pasteurised That Isabella Willis is the QuestionBuzzy Bacteria Ciara Hegan, Carissa MaclennanAI What is it? Roland Cameron, Ron GeilikNeuro Linguistic Programming Eden Selman

Science and Technology awards Commendation Shirtloadz Fahim Firdaus, Mason MunroMouse Trap Derby Joel Tiatia Wiping One Germ at a Time Hannah DummiganLaundry lab Savannah SinclairHotter for Longer Emily WilsonMuffin Magic Jessica BallanytneHeating Golf Club Jackson Jones, Blake HumphreyThirsty Georgia HawkeDissolving Painkillers Tamzin Tomlinson, Hannah GrahamAre You Storing Your Dog Nicole Lina, Ashley Phillips Food Wrong?Tourist Quiz Kya Cook, Katie LawrenceAudible Distractions While Learning Kady Gill Carpal Stronger Lucy Thomas

Special PrizesFonterra Future Leaders Awards 2019To be Raw or Pasteurised That is the Question Isabella Willis Environment Southland AwardsExhibit related to the EnvironmentTiti Puku Plastic Lucy Cooper, Luke Moss

Science Award Trust to encourage young scientists from Years 7 and 8Titi Puku Plastic Lucy Cooper, Luke MossFlip n Dry Bench Seat Libby Crawford

NIWA Awards, Best projects in the fair related to Climate and Water ScienceTiti Puku Plastic Lucy Cooper, Luke Moss

New Zealand Statistics Association Awards, best use of statistics in projects in the fairAI What is it? Roland Cameron, Ron GeilikHot or Not Max Russell

Forest and Bird Award, Best Exhibit relating to ConservationTiti Puku Plastic Lucy Cooper, Luke Moss

New Zealand Oil and Gas Awards for Promising Young ScientistsPowering Minds Robert BeckBounce Halle FahertyPowerful Rain Max SmithGoo be Gone Kate Wallace, Natasha Rain

New Zealand Institute of Food Science and Technology AwardsWhich Butter Made the Grade Rebecca Kingma, Millie McKenzieBuzzy Bacteria Ciara Hegan, Carissa Maclennan

Southland Bee Society, best exhibit related to Bees AwardBuzzy Bacteria Ciara Hegan, Carissa Maclennan

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Congratulations to the successful students!

JHC ILT Tertiary Scholarship Recipients

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Final Day for Senior Students

Tuesday 5 November 2019

Compulsory classes will finish on Tuesday 5 November for all Year 11-13 students. However, all teachers will be in their scheduled classrooms for the following two days Wednesday 6 and Thursday 7 November.This time is set aside for pre-advertised and arranged tutorial, one-to-one help, giving feedforward on exam answers, or completion of Internal Assessments.Subject teachers may contact you with a plan for your son/daughter. We ask you to support the teachers and arrange for your son/daughter to attend classes that have been advised. This time can be most valuable for some re teaching, confirming understanding, practising exam questions and, in some cases, completing an Internal Assessment.From Friday 8 November (the day NCEA exams officially begin), there will be an extensive range of tutorials available. These are often arranged across a Department and it may not be your son/daughter’s teacher delivering the tutorial. When students are at school they need to be with a teacher in their classroom or working quietly in the Library. Year 11 and 12 students must wear school uniform on all occasions.From this date, Year 13 may wear tidy mufti when they come to school.

Drama TutorialsUntil Seniors Leave:by arrangement

After Seniors Leave:Ms Buist will be available on:• Monday afternoons• Tuesdays (all day)• Wednesday mornings• Thursdays (all day)• Friday mornings

email: [email protected] to arrange a time

Mrs McDowall will be available on:• L1: Tuesdays 11:30am• L2: Wednesdays 11:30am - 12:30pm• L3: Thursdays 11:30am

Maths TutorialsLevel 1 Maths Tutorial: Period 5 Wednesday 23 October, Wednesday 30 OctoberLevel 2 Maths Tutorial: Period 5Wednesdays beginning next term

Economics TutorialsAll Levels - Saturdays from 1.30 to 3.00pm in F8 and other times by arrangement with the teacher.

Accounting TutorialsTerm 4 Accounting TutorialsTuesday 22nd Oct 8.15am – 8.55Thursday 24th Oct 8.15am – 8.55Tuesday 29th Oct 8.15am – 8.55Thursday 31st Oct 8.15am – 8.55

James BillowsSophie ChenDeclan CruickshankMackenzie FallowElizabeth FlettBrooke HayesHeidi KeanJenni KerrMeg LakerElijah LeeKate LoanAnais MaclennanJohn MarshallClaire McEwen

Gabrielle MilneAlice MoretonLaura MoretonLiam NeylonMarionne PalaStephen PotterEmma RileyKate RyanNathan ScottConor ShearingDaniel StrangNathan WalkerHolly WuBenjamin Wylie

English TutorialsWeeks 1- 3 - Term 4Students are encouraged to write literary essays on their written text under time constraints as best revision practice. They are also encouraged to revise language techniques and their effects. The following are specialised tutorials

Level One Tutorials• Written text - Sympathy poem Unpacking questions

1.30 - 2.10 E12• Unfamiliar Text - Excellence

Tuesday 29 October 3.30 - 4.30 E14• Unfamiliar Text - Strategies to Achieve

Thursday 31 October 1.30 - 2.10 E15• Unfamiliar Text - Achieved to Merit

Thursday 31 October 1.30 - 2.10 E12• Night- Themes

Wednesday 30 October 1.30 - 2.10 E13

Level Two Tutorials• Written Text - Macbeth Setting - Monday 14 October E12• Dulce et Decorum Est

Wednesday 30 th October 1.30 - 2.10 P6• Dulce et Decorum Est

Thursday 31 October 1.30 - 2.10 P6• Unfamiliar Text - getting over the line

Thursday 24th October 1.30 - 2.10 E15• Unfamiliar Text - getting over the line

Monday 14th October 3.30 - 4.00 P3• Unfamiliar Text - getting over the line

Thursday 31 October 3.30 - 4.00 P3• Written text - Macbeth - Excellence in structure

Wednesday 30th October 3.30 - 4.30 E14

Level Three Tutorials• Written text - How to address the question

Friday 1 November 1.30 - 2.00 E14• Other tutorials will be in roll call notices

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For the first time in history the Hargest Gold A netball team won B grade in a gripping final. The tone for the Nelson SISS tournament was set after beating SGHS A team for the first time in 20 years. Going into the tournament ranked a lowly 21st, opposition underestimated us. However, our strengths were in our skills and connection on and off the court. Resulting in winning game after game. The Coach Rochelle Van Beek and Manager Sue Yeo were both passionate and dedicated towards the success of our team. For them and many supporters it was very rewarding seeing us demonstrate everything we have been taught. Determination secured the semi final against Waimea ranked 1st. This was convincingly won 30-21. Which then led us to a guaranteed place in A grade for 2020, and the final later that day. Credit to the tough time playing in prem grade this season, we all gained resilience and knew that success was not only in the score, but in the journey. This resilience was paramount in the final as we closely chased Riccarton throughout the game. Key to Gold A, all of us again, lifted one another. The nail biting final quarter was fiercely fought, from five down to our team being 29 all seconds before the final whistle blew. We were tied!! Under a pressure cooker playoff, to win, either team had to be two goals ahead. Patience, tenacity and cool heads enabled us to score those last two goals and win B grade. This was a fitting tribute to farewell our only Year 13 player Kayla Tufui. Winning the grade was the pinnacle of an entire seasons hard work, dedication and strong bonds between us as players, with the coach and management.

Netball SISS Tournament

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NetballJunior Campus

National Aerobics Champion

Kendyl Hair competed in the National Aerobics competition recently in Queenstown. She came first in her section, the NZCAF Junior Secondary Open Individual. It was a very strong section with only five competitors going through to the finals. We are very proud of Kendyl representing James Hargest and winning a New Zealand title.

10 teams (91 students) from Junior Campus were involved with Saturday netball this year. Teams that received prizes for the season are as follows:7&8 Scarlet Runners up of Y7&8 Grade 5, round 2 8 Maroon Runners up of Y7&8 Grade 2, round 1 7&8 Burgundy Runners up of Y7&8 Grade 4, round 1 7 Sapphire Winners of Y7&8 Grade 3, round 2 7&8 Crimson Winners of Y7&8 Grade 5 round 1 and Runners up of Y7&8 Grade 4, round 2 7 Gold Winners of Y7&8 Grade 1, round 1 and round 2Individual Prizes for each team were awarded last week Tuesday 17th September, as followsTeams (10) Most Improved Most Valuable8 Gold Katie Lawrence Brooke Cross8 Maroon Mia Brown Dakota Kennedy8 Rose Isobel Bowen Tequin Lake8 Cherry Jessica Kidd Tyla Wood & Charlotte Dassen7 & 8 Crimson - Paige King & Megan Dempsey Best Defender Alba Sully7 & 8 Burgundy Emily Jones Elgie Barbon7 & 8 Scarlet Monique Hibbs Kaela Hughes Most Versatile Madison McCarroll7 Gold Shalom Naitau Libby Crawford & Hannah Tufui7 Sapphire Ella Norman Olivia Stratford7 Ruby Aaliyah Bartlett Ella Byatt

Gold Team (below), Sapphire Team (right)

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Gold Team

Rippa Rugby World CupJunior Campus

Wow, what an amazing week for our Rippa Tournament. Students played their hearts out wind, rain or shine. Lots of fair play and supporter spot prize cards were given out. Thanks to all the parents, caregivers and family who made it down. Thank you also to the Senior Campus students who came down and helped out. Due to the weather the finals and prize giving will take place in week one of term four.

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Hockey

Once again JHC Hockey Boys are a force to be reckoned with down on the turf at Turnbull Thomson Park.

We just had the one team of boys this year and they developed well over the season. A very cold but enjoyable competition was held in Dunedin during Term 3 at the Taieri Exchange. Tournament week was at home in Invercargill but the boys spent each day together. When they weren’t on the turf preparing for or playing rival teams they were enjoying group activities around the province. Everyone agrees the team went from strength to strength

and were exciting to watch by the last game. Roll on next year as this group of young and talented players hit the turf running.

JHC Girls’ Hockey Team this year are our best performers in the last 10 years. Despite a slow start and several games to get the team sorted these girls made progress in leaps and bounds, The Taieri exchange competition was played under freezing conditions but with the extra sideline encouragement from former Hargest player Emma Ryan the team developed some valuable strategies. By the time the girls headed off to tournament in Timaru they knew they were up for the challenge. Getting to the semi - finals and getting 4th over all was an outstanding effort.

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Rock ClimbingSouthland Competition

Southland Interschool Indoor Rock Climbing Competition results:1st Junior Mixed TeamJames Faulkner Y8 Nicole Lina Y10Ashley Phillips Y10 Sophie Kwong Y10

1st Individual Junior Boy James Faulkner Y8

2nd Individual Junior GirlNicole Lina Y10

Synchronized SwimmingNZ Development Team

Congratulations to the following swimmers who have been selected to represent New Zealand at Artistic Swimming competitons to be held in Argentina.

Xiara PatinoAbby FluteyAilin Pekar

Hip HopJunior Campus

Road Racing

New Zealand’s best young hip hop dancers converged on Queenstown for the 2019 National Schools Hip Hop Championships at the Queenstown Event Centre on Friday the 20th of September. Our junior campus entered a team which included Maddison Schultz, Abbey Glover, Eden Coatsworth, Katie Oliver, Libby Crawford, Shahn Fuller de Thierry-Curry, George Shirley and Ollie Wilkinson. Thank you to Mrs Blair for giving her support for this amazing opportunity. The team were given a place in the finals. Congratulations!

As the result of competing in the Oceania Junior Cup in Australia throughout the year, Cormac Buchanan has been asked to trial for both the Red Bull Rookies Cup (Europe) and Asia Talent Cup (Asia) series for 2020. No New Zealand rider has even made the cut before so to even be invited to attend the selection events is achievement we are proud for Cormac to have reached. He will be trialling in Spain and Malaysia - an incredible opportunity for him to compete against riders from around the world. Cormac has also met Yamaha New Zealand to formalise a potential contract for the New Zealand Championships next year as their 150cc development rider.

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Mountain BikingNational School Championships

Congratulations to the Hargest team, they were well represented.Cross-CountryKatie Lawrence - Bronze (right)Cody Harvey - Bronze (below)

From left to right:Kate Russell, Katie Lawrence, Cain Wilson, Flynn McDowall, Tane Wilson (absent: Cody Harvey)

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Year 10 camps take place in November of Term Four. We reply on parent helpers to enable us to run these

camps. If you are able to help out it would be very much appreciated. Your child will have forms to fill in if you are interested in helping. If you have any questions regarding

camps please contact Miss N Laird or Miss C Raynes

18-20th November – 10JSR, 10APC, 10GOR20-22nd November – 10RDW, 10KM, 10PDN

25-27th November – 10LSN, 10BFD27-29th November – 10GBN, 10SJN

Year 10 Camps Borland

HostingIf you are interested in hosting an American student or adult for 3 weeks in February next year, applications for this can also be picked up from Miss Grice in R12 or email [email protected]

Citizens of the World 2020

Junior InstrumentalWinner James BrownHighly Commended Tiana Turnbull

Junior VocalWinner Ailin PekarHighly Commended Brianna Loan Kate Edwards

Senior InstrumentalFirst Declan CruickshankSecond Finn CruickshankThird Haein Shin

Senior Vocal First Madilyn Haar-WilkinsonHighly Commended Kate Hatley

Music FestResults

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A group of 7 students studying French participated in the annual Alliance Française oral competition in Dunedin. Year 9 and Year 10 students had to do a presentation while senior students had a conversation with a French native speaker. All students did very well.

Year 9:2nd Doris Shen3rd Sewmi Dissanayaka

Year 10:2nd Kady Gill

Year 12:2nd Donald McIntosh

A bunch of enthusiastic environmentalists from James Hargest College cleaned up the streets of Invercargill (Bay Road, Drury Lane and Gloucester Street). They were extremely surprised at the amount of rubbish collected after 3 hours. The team should be super proud of their efforts!

FrenchOral Competition

Keep New Zealand Beautiful Week

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Hanami Festival

A number of students of Japanese attended the annual Kumagaya Friendship Association’s Hanami (Flower Viewing Festival) in Queens Park. Firstly they saw an impressive performance by the Dunedin Taiko Drumming group which was kindly sponsored by The Asia New Zealand Foundation. Some students then had the opportunity to have a go on the drums, before they all played a variety of games and ate food while enjoying the cherry blossoms.

Left: Jess Page (Y9) taking part in the ‘Suika Wari” game

Above: Simiran Lapana (left) and Summer Harwood (right) both Year 10 students, having a go at the Taiko Drummimg

The Dunedin O-Taiko Drumming group came south, thanks to funding from the Asia NZ Foundation. Following an impressive performance at the Junior Campus assembly, they ran a workshop in the afternoon for Southland Japanese students. A number of Hargest students were fortunate enough to attend this event.

O-Taiko Drumming Junior Campus

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We are undertaking a big relabelling project in the fiction section of the library. We will be organising all of the books by genre to help

students find the type of books they enjoy reading and that means stickering and re-barcoding each book. To help us complete this

project in a reasonable time-frame, we would love some volunteers from the community to help with the labeling and shelving of

books. The volunteers don’t need to have any prior knowledge to help us out.

The dates for helping at the moment are: Tuesday 22nd, Wednesday 23rd and Thursday 24th October

from 9.30 - 11am.

Please email Kirsty at [email protected] to let me know if you can make any of these sessions.

Volunteers wanted in the library

On the last Wednesday of the term, the school launched the latest edition of Interrobang, a magazine of creative writing and art by the students.

An audience gathered in the library to hear authors read their work, including New Zealand poet Cilla McQueen. A variety of students and parents attended and the magazine sold well. Copies can be bought from school reception

InterrobangMagazine Launch

The team who put the magazine together - designers Mikah Buchanan and Sophie Morris, and in the back row editors Kaela Harley and Miakkae Henderson.

High Distinction Top 25% of students across vAustralia and New Zealand Finn Cruickshank Nick Ni

Australian National Chemistry Quiz

Credit Award Top 40% of students across Australia and New Zealand Katie Heads Michael Moynihan Kate Loan

This Quiz was held earlier this term and involves students from across Australia and New Zealand who are talented in Chemistry. Hargest obtained the following awards:

Earlier in the year a number of our year 12 and 13 students took part in the Victoria University/Casio Maths competition. Throughout the country about 1000 students took part. Kate Loan won the local competition and was a finalist in Wellington in AugustJames Billows, Jonathan Chuhairy, Libby Flett, Virun Mohottollage, and Fred Mun all placed in the top 200.

Victoria University/Casio Maths Competition

Robert Beck and Michael Moynihan have both been selected for Nanocamp which is hosted by the MacDiarmid Institute, in Wellington in January 2020.NanoCamp is a full week of residential lab experience with top scientists, completing hands-on investigations into a range of topics including electron microscopy, laser physics and nano-electronics. Michael has also followed in Robert’s footsteps and has been selected for the New Zealand Chemistry Olympiad training squad.

High Flyers in Science

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STANZA National Speech Competition- Scholarship categoryCongratulations to Melisa Garzon who got placed 3rd in the nationwide STANZA Competition 2019. The Scholarship category is only offered to Spanish native and bilingual students.

SpanishSTANZA Competition

Wednesday 30 October & Thursday 31 October7pm - Senior Campus Hall

Adults $8, Students $2

YEAR 9 & 10 PLAY

Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet meets 1920s New York…with a twist or two

CHANGE OF DATE

STARCROSSED

Term 4: Tuesday 10 December: End of Term 4

Term 1: Thursday 30 January: Course confirmation Friday 31 January Teacher Only Day Monday 3 February: Year 7, 8 & 9 start date Tuesday 4 February: Whole school Thursday 6 February: Waitangi Day Friday 7 February: Whole school Thursday 9 April: End of Term 1

Term 2: Monday 27 April: Start of Term 2 Friday 3 July: End of Term 2

Term 3: Monday 20 July: Start of Term 3 Friday 25 September: End of Term 3

Term 4: Monday 12 October: Start of Term 4 Wednesday 9 December (TBC): End of Term 4

Term Dates for 2019

Term Dates for 2020

To protect faces against the summer sun, students may wear plain white caps or hats when outside during summer. They are not to be worn in class and must have the name written on the inside. Junior Campus - sun screen is available at the office.

Summer SunJunior Campus

Sandals are optional in terms 1 and 4. Flat black, plain, with a heel strap and one ankle strap, and are worn without socks. Thong styles are not permitted. For safety reasons, sandals are not to be worn in laboratories and technology rooms.Students are reminded not to write on any school uniform. Uniform cannot be worn at school with writing on it and replacements will be required

Uniform UpdateJunior Campus

Southland Secondary Schools’ Jazz Fest

Thursday 24 October 20197.00pm at Ascot Hotel

Door SalesAdults $10.00

Students $5.00

ILT Jazz Fest

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Special mention also goes to Kinetic Kicks, who came second (above), and Hydro Pure, who came third (right).A valuable, fun and informative time was held by all who were involved

Top right: Students working on their business idea

The Young Enterprise BP Business Challenge was held at the JHC Senior Campus during the last 3 days of Term 3. Over 80 students from JHC, SBHS and Aparima College experienced a hands-on learning experience where they developed skills to create and run a business. After 3 days of hard work, students pitched their ideas to a panel of judges from local businesses.

Congratulations to the winning team “Face Link” who were a combination of JHC, SBHS and Aparima students.

BP Business Challenge

Photos: The winning team ‘Face Link’ (left), with judges (below)

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As we move towards the end of term 3, we’ve noticed that there are some students and families who are unsure of the way we use devices at the Junior Campus.

Below is a summary:Phones are not considered learning devices• They should not be used at school at

anytime unless the teacher has given permission e.g. to text or call home because an after school game has been cancelled.

• If phones are brought to school, they should be handed in for safe storage until it is time to go home.

Devices for learning• No teacher - no device. Devices are for

learning and are used under teacher supervision and direction during class time.

Device use at the Junior Campus

The Otago University Junior Maths Competition was held earlier in the year and nearly 7000 students from around New Zealand took part.

Congratulations to these students who performed particularly well:Year 9 Declan Crombie – Top 200 Year 10 Brianna Loan – Top 200 Danny Richardson – Top 100 Year 11 Daniel Harley - Top 200 Finn Cruickshank – Top 100Frank Fang – Top 100Jason Shen – Top 100Nick Ni – Top 30 and winner of a $50 voucher

Maths Competition Results

Congratulations to Declan Crombie (Year 9) who gained a Distinction award

ICAS Mathematics Competition

• There are two lunch times each week where students can catch up on work and complete homework with their devices in the ICT room.

• The three strike system is used for misdemeanours.

Device use at homeOur children will be using computers and technology for the rest of their lives – you are in the best position of being able to get them off to a safe and positive start. Netsafe has 7 tips for Parents and Whanau which give advice about online safety.For further information go to: www.netsafe.org.nz/online-safety-for-parents/1. Understand: Read about the

potential online risks, challenges and sometimes illegal behaviour young people face to understand what may happen

2. Learn: Ask your child about what they do, how they use devices and who they talk to, to learn about their activities. Check in regularly to see what has changed

3. Explore: Take the time yourself to explore the sites, apps and technologies your child uses to improve your knowledge and understand their experience

4. Agree: Create a family code with your child to agree on what they can do online including sites to visit, appropriate behaviours, privacy settings and limits

5. Start: Recognise each child has unique needs, but some online safety concepts are universal. Start by teaching yours the Five tips to help your child thrive

6. Model: Be a good example to your child. Make sure you role model the sort of behaviours you want to see your child use online and offline

7. Plan: Make a plan so everybody knows what to do if something goes wrong and where you will be able to get advice and support in challenging times

Our experience at the Junior Campus suggests that limiting recreational screen time and keeping technology in family spaces, rather than bedrooms are good practices.

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Fabrics RoomJunior Campus

Mrs Rodger is accepting all donations of: cotton fabric, clean, used denim jeans, clean used cotton shirts and other cotton fabric suitable for making bags for projects coming up in 2019. Donations of buttons, thread, yarn and ribbon will also be useful.

We strongly recommend that all students from year 7 - 12 are equipped with a personal device next year. Since introducing 1:1 device use with a pilot class 4 years ago, we have been ‘rolling up’ a 1:1 device learning environment year by year. During this time the school has transformed many of its other systems to digital platforms. Students in all year 7-11 classes this year now routinely use access to their school digital platform (Google for Education) for their normal work. Device use is about ‘which technology is best’ - device or paper and pen, and often this means using both at once. Next year we continue rolling up this process. It is important that we prepare students for their future, not our past!

Which Device?As a school, we are comfortable for students to bring their preferred device to school. We do not advocate one device over another. Students typically use a range of devices including iPads, Laptops,

chrome books and tablets. As a primary device we recommend the following minimum specifications:• Minimum screen size of 7 inches

(minimum usable resolution of 1024 x 600)

• Running iOS11.0+, or Android 6.0+, Mac OSX 10.11+ (El Capitan) or Windows 10

• Battery life of 5-6 hours• Wireless Capability• Minimum storage for tablets of 32GB

(due to the increasing size of apps)• Google Chrome installed (Google

Cloud Print is used for printing from student devices)

• Protective case strongly recommended• Bluetooth keyboard or keyboard/

tablet case combination is recommended, particularly for smaller tablets less than 9” e.g ipad mini

We recommend buying a device that is or can be updated to the latest operating system as this will give the device a longer life and allow newly introduced apps to be used.

The Health Nurse is available at the Junior Campus in Term 4. If you have any concerns please phone the school office and we will arrange for the Health Nurse to contact you. If students wish to see the Health Nurse they are able to make an appointment by placing a request in the green post box in the office foyer.

Health Nurse Junior Campus

Year 8 HPV Immunisation Junior Campus

The next Year 8 HPV immunisation is on Tuesday 22nd October.

When you phone in an absence, please give the reason so it can be recorded with the correct coding in the attendance system.

Please note that classes start at 8.50am and students are to be in class by that time. If students come in late, they are to go to the office before going to class to have their names deleted from the absence list.

Absences/ Late to SchoolJunior Campus

Devices

Medical CertificatesSenior Campus

If your child is absent for more than three days due to illness, a medical certificate may be required. There is a high level of correlation between attendance and academic achievement. We need students to be in class whenever possible.

A reminder to students to come to the office and sign out if you are leaving during the school day. Parents/caregivers are to come into the office to collect you and are not to go directly to the classroom. If you are returning later please come back through the office and sign back in.

Leaving school during the day – Signing out and back inJunior Campus

Sick BayIf you are feeling sick and need to go home, you must go through sick bay.The ladies will contact your parents to arrange to have you picked up or will seek permission for you to walk home. You must not just sign yourself out.

Junior Campus 6 Layard Street, Invercargill

Phone 03 2179250Email: [email protected]

Website: www.jameshargest.school.nz

Senior Campus288 Layard Street, Invercargill

Phone 03 2176129Email: [email protected]: www.jameshargest.school.nz

Automatic Payments

A reminder please if you are making automatic payments to check you are using the correct bank account for the campus your child is at, ie;

Junior Campus (Y7-Y8) 02 0924 0408612 01Senior Campus (Y9-Y13) 02 0924 0408612 02

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E-mail NewslettersThe next newsletter will be issued via

email on Friday 1 November 2019.Hard copies of the newsletter will be

available from either the Junior or Senior Campus office.

You can view the newsletter on the Hargest web site www.jameshargest.school.nz

Information UpdatesIf you have any changes to your details (e.g. address, phone numbers, medical

details, emergency contacts, etc), please let the school know as soon as possible in

order to keep our records up-to-date. Please email Mrs France (Senior Campus)

with any changes [email protected]

or phone 2176129or Mrs Cribb (Junior Campus) at

[email protected] phone 2179250

Parent, Caregiver, Whanau and

Community EngagementAt James Hargest College we are always

interested in engaging with our community and listening to parents, whanau and the wider community. If you have any good

ideas or there is something special that has happened regarding Hargest, or there are issues, concerns or complaints we should

be aware of, please contact the school office Senior Campus (2176129) or

Junior Campus (2179250) or via email, [email protected]

You will be put in contact with an appropriate staff member

The next PTA meeting will be held in the Brigadier’s Room at the Senior Campus, scheduled to start at 7.30pm.

• Tuesday 19 November

PTA Meeting Date

Change of DetailsHave you shifted house, changed

internet service provider or phone provider lately?

Please ensure that your details are up to date.

You can easily check what details we have by logging into

https://kamarportal.jameshargest.school.nz

Coming Events for 2019

Senior Campus

OctoberMon 14 First Day of Term 4Thurs 17 Options Selection Afternoon – 4pmFri 18 Newsletter emailed Fri-Sun 18-20 Reports emailedThurs 24 Jazz Festival BOT MeetingMon 28 Labour DayTues 29 Sports BluesWed 30 Youth Mark Awards Junior Production - StarcrossedThurs 31 Junior Production - Starcrossed

NovemberFri 1 November newsletter issuedTues 5 Last compulsory day for Year 11-13Wed 6 Classes optional for Year 11-13Thurs 7 Classes optional for Year 11-13Fri 8 NCEA starts Tutorials begin Junior exams startMon 18 Year 10 camps start

Junior Campus

OctoberMon 14 First Day of Term 4Tues 22 Year 8 HPV ImmunisationMon 28 Labour Day

NovemberMon 4 Liz Miller - Dreamweaver - Year 7Fri 15 New Entrants DayMon-Tues 18-19 Science Road ShowFri 22 Book DayWed 27 Year 8 Big Business

Senior Campus Bell Times

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